Boldești-Scăeni

History

The town was created in 1968 by the unification of two neighbouring communes, Boldești and Scăeni. One village, Seciu, is administered by the town. Scăeni was the location of the only attempt to create a Charles Fourier-type phalanstère in Romania. In 1835, Theodor Diamant, a utopian socialist who had met Fourier in Paris, created the phalanstère, named The Agronomy and Manufacturing Society, on a patch of land provided by Emanoil Bălăceanu, a local land-owner. The Wallachian authorities saw this enterprise as a threat and took a stand against it. Therefore, the phalanstère was disbanded in 1836, a year and a half after it came into existence, with Diamant and Bălăceanu sent into exile. During World War II, the area was extensively bombed, as part of Operation Tidal Wave. Air-raid shelters can still be found on the wooded hills around Boldești.

Most-observed species

• Eurasian Collared-Dove

  Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) · Aves
  140
• Eurasian Magpie

  Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  122
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  108
• Rook

  Corvus frugilegus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  89
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  74
• Western Jackdaw

  Coloeus monedula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  73
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  69
• Rock Pigeon

  Columba livia J.F.Gmelin, 1789 · Aves
  68

Most recent

• M 4.4 — 2026-08-25
  13 km SSE of Comandău, Romania
• M 4.6 — 2026-08-11
  9 km ESE of Vama Buzăului, Romania
• M 4.5 — 2026-02-26
  1 km SSW of Paltin, Romania
• M 4.2 — 2025-10-25
  12 km W of Nereju Mic, Romania
• M 4.4 — 2025-08-24
  2 km S of Spulber, Romania
• M 4.1 — 2025-05-16
  13 km NNW of Gura Teghii, Romania